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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Technology
Julian Borger in Washington

Elon Musk denies report he spoke to Putin about use of nuclear weapons

Elon Musk
Elon Musk says he has spoken to Vladimir Putin only once, 18 months ago, about space. Photograph: Mike Blake/Reuters

Elon Musk has denied a report that he spoke to Vladimir Putin, including about the potential for using nuclear weapons, before floating a peace plan that suggested that Ukraine cede territory to Russia.

The head of the Eurasia Group political risk consultancy, who made the original claim, had insisted that his source was Musk himself. “Elon Musk told me he had spoken with Putin and the Kremlin directly about Ukraine,” Ian Bremmer said in a tweet after Musk’s tweeted denial. “He also told me what the kremlin’s red lines were.

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